worriedparent
New Member
hi im a very worried parent my son blew 74 and had a nasty accident. after heavy drinking my son woke at his friends house at 4am he made the terrible decision to drive 3 miles home he damaged the gate of his friends house (not pressing charges) drove to the end of our road and missed the turn crashing into a ground floor flat , his car went into the flat walls and the front of the car went through into the ladies house(the police dont think he was travelling at high speed as it was a hollow wall and he would have gone in further) unfortunately a lady was injured and taken to hospital to be checked but fortunately sustained only a black eye presumably from the flying debris(we dont believe she is pressing charges) he has been bailed on a standard drink driving charge and no mention of anything else. he is very remorseful and this was noted by the police who tould him there is no chance of a custodial sentence. however he is understandably anxious having nightmares etc and almost hysterical about the thought of going to prison,this in turn makes me as a parent anxious. he will lose his job and have to repay 10k of finance when banned . he has a previous conviction/fine for drunk and disorderly but no other driving convictions.please could you give us some clarity about the likely sentenceto help him get through to his court date